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Recent advancement has led to the rapid growth in social networking sites. From the traditional methods of communicating via mail and online chat, users are now able to socially connect with each other globally via social networking sites. For example, users using Facebook are able to chat with their friends, post message, and view the news feed regularly. In this paper, we hope to integrate Facebook into e-learning so that users are able to use Facebook to learn their subject materials. Inspired by the many features provided by Facebook, we are of the opinion that the newsfeed, friends listing and application platform can be integrated into a learning platform. Our key observations showed that users read news feed very regularly and chat with their close friends frequently. Thus, creating a Facebook application that utilizes the news feed and friend listing features fully can ideally make a powerful learning platform for the user. Through the comprehensive API provided by Facebook, we are able to harvest the learning materials and gauge the users’ learning ability.
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Hong, J.L. (2016). Integrating Social Networking Sites with E-Learning. In: Tang, S., Logonnathan, L. (eds) Assessment for Learning Within and Beyond the Classroom. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0908-2_8
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